Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 228: Daily life in the village

Song Laoer opened the door. The five dogs in the yard had heard the noise and were standing guard behind the door. When they saw their masters coming back, they wagged their tails so hard that they almost left shadows.

After everyone entered the house, two drivers helped carry the things into the hall before leaving.

Mrs. Hu's family had never had a dog, and not many people in her family had dogs either, so she was a little scared when she saw a few dogs.

The five dogs circled around everyone's legs, each with their heads raised. Their furry faces seemed to show the joy of their owners' return.

Song Sanniang didn't expect that Master Hu would be afraid of dogs, so she asked Sanniang and the others to lead the dogs aside, and she led Master Hu to the house.

Master Hu looked at the Song family and said with a smile, "Your house is really big. And unlike other families, you don't put the house and the yard together. This way, it is very spacious."

When Song Sanniang thought about the size of the backyard of her own store, she felt it was very cramped.

She smiled and said, "There are gains and losses. My place is big, but it takes a long time to go anywhere. It also takes a while to walk from the house to the kitchen."

Master Hu nodded and followed Song Sanniang to the front of the house. He saw that Si Niang and the other two ran to play on the slide as soon as they came back.

Mr. Hu smiled and said, "They both like this slide the most. I often hear them talking about it.

Now it seems that they were not exaggerating, it was really fun, no wonder they kept thinking about it, other children would probably like it too.”

"My house is big, and it would be a waste if I didn't put something in it, so I made this.

To be honest, I want to make a swing next to it so I can play with it.

But we have a swing on the second floor terrace, so forget it, and I don’t come back very often on weekdays.”

Hearing this, Master Hu thought that he could also put a swing in his yard. It would be a good choice for him to sit there and read books and drink tea. His students could also play there. Thinking of this, he said it out.

Song Sanniang thought this was a good idea, so she smiled and said, "That's perfect, just hand it over to Master Tan's shop."

The two entered the house. It was the first time that Mrs. Hu saw such a decoration that was not in the main hall, so she began to visit with a little curiosity.

She especially liked the design of the toilet. She said with regret, "It's a pity that I can't do it like this where I live. It's so much cleaner this way.

I flush the toilet after I use it. I even hate the toilet I use myself." She covered her nose as if she smelled something.

After she finished touring the first floor with Song Sanniang, she stayed in the study room for a while. Song Sanniang smiled and said, "That's good. The study room is finally useful. You can use the study room to take classes during the few days you are at home."

Mr. Hu actually nodded seriously, "That's right, let them rest for a day and then go back to class."

The two of them went up to the second floor. Mrs. Hu liked the balcony very much. She looked at the pastoral scenery in the distance and felt that her mood was greatly improved.

Entering Song Sanniang's room, I found a rocking chair on the balcony of her room. Master Hu was lying on the rocking chair, rocking gently and leisurely. "I am so happy in your house that I don't want to leave."

Song Sanniang sat with her and sorted out the clutter in the room.

Master Hu sat for a while and then went to see Si Niang and her room. She laughed and said, "These two little girls, living in such a big room by themselves, I wonder if they are scared or not."

Song Sanniang also laughed at the thought, "At first they were clamoring that they could finally sleep separately, but within two days they were sleeping together again, and they could only sleep after whispering to each other every day."

Master Hu thought it was funny that the two of them were lying together and chatting, so they went to the terrace again.

The terrace has a 360-degree view. She looked around and saw the beautiful scenery, clear water and birdsong.

She sat on the swing and swung it, "I don't want to go back, let me stay here, no wonder the two little ghosts like to be at home."

Song Sanniang suddenly thought of the beautiful scenery of Fuchun River, and she talked about the beauty of the scenery there.

Finally, she sighed, "So, our village is really a small rural village. If I lived by the Fuchun River and admired the scenery of the river every day, I would probably live ten years longer."

After listening to Song Sanniang's words, Master Hu also began to yearn for the beautiful scenery of Fuchun River. However, as a weak woman, it would be impossible for her to travel alone. She could only dream of going out to see it one day.

Now that she no longer relies on her parents' family and supports herself by teaching outside, she feels very happy.

Song Sanniang said, "It's okay. I will continue to travel around in the future. If you like, we can go together. If you don't mind, teacher."

Master Hu was delighted when he heard this. "Really? I don't mind. If you are going, tell me in advance so that I can be prepared. The farthest place I have ever been is just an outing here."

Song Sanniang thought of the outing she mentioned, which was just to climb a higher Peach Blossom Mountain in Xiantao Mansion.

There is a flat slope at the top of the mountain, from which you can overlook the panoramic view of Xiantao Prefecture. People will have open-air picnics there and enjoy the surrounding scenery. Many literati in Xiantao Prefecture like to do that.

Mrs. Hu chose to live in the room opposite Song Sanniang. She put her luggage away and followed Song Sanniang and the others to Liu's grandmother's house.

After all, they are elders, so she has to go and pay them a visit. Because Song Sanniang and the others are going to hold a full-month banquet, they will have to stay in the village for a few more days. Then Liu Waizu and the others will definitely come to visit, so as a guest, she naturally has to go and pay them a visit.

However, she left in a hurry and did not bring any gift, so Song Sanniang told her not to be polite and prepared some fruits and pastries for her to take with her.

The whole family went to Liu's grandparents' home. The joy of the eldest son's return was still there, and now his daughter's family came back again.

The two old ladies were even happier. They took Song Sanniang, who had been out for a long time, to ask about her health, and then asked Song Ersao to hold the baby for them to see.

"Old man, do you think Mibao looks exactly like his mother when she was a child?" Grandma Chen asked with a smile.

Little brother Song doesn't have a real name yet. His nickname is because he is as white and fat as a grain of rice, so people call him that.

Let's wait until the full moon banquet to give him a formal name.

"Really? I can't remember it." Grandfather Liu really didn't remember it very well, and he was not at home when his daughter was born. He was out doing business.

But Uncle Liu and Uncle Liu came forward and looked at the baby in the cradle. Uncle Liu smiled and said, "This kid is really strong. He will definitely grow up to be very tall in the future."

When Song Ersao was a child, she was brought up by her second uncle Liu and her aunt Liu. Her second uncle Liu could tell at a glance that his nephew really looked like his younger sister. They had the same facial shape and features, and she also had two dimples on her face.

"She looks just like my little sister. Look at those two dimples. I watched her grow up."

Song Sanniang really didn't notice that her little brother had dimples on his face. She really liked dimples, but she didn't expect that she and her two sisters didn't have them, but this boy inherited them.

It turns out that what everyone said is right, daughters look more like their fathers, and sons look more like their mothers.

After everyone had played with the child, they discovered Master Hu. Everyone knew that Si Niang and the others were studying with Master Hu, but no one had ever seen Master Hu. So Song San Niang introduced Master Hu to everyone.

Master Hu took the things he brought and said with a smile, "I came here in a hurry, so I brought some fruit cakes for everyone to try. Don't mind."

Grandfather Liu laughed and said, "How could that be? The fact that the Master is willing to come to our poor and remote place shows that he thinks highly of our children. We welcome him very much."

Grandma Chen also laughed and said, "Are you Master Hu? You are still a little girl. It's amazing that you can be a master at such a young age."

Liu's grandfather's family chatted with Master Hu for a while, and then discussed the full-month banquet with Song Laoer's family.